Book combines vehicle systems dynamics with the latest theoretical developments in dynamics of non-smooth systems

1: Problems in Vehicle Dynamics.- Typical Non-smooth Elements in Vehicle Systems.- Application Of Nonlinear Stability Analysis in Railway Vehicle Industry.- Closed-form Analysis of Vehicle Suspension Ride and Handling Performance.- Limit Wheel Profile for Hunting Instability of Railway Vehicles.- Low-cost Maintenance Operation for Avoiding Hunting Instability in a Metro Vehicle.- Acoustic Optimization of Wheel Sets.- Measurement, Modelling and Simulation of Curve Squealing of Trains.- Selected Problems of Non-Linear (Non-Smooth) Dynamics of Rail Vehicles in a Curved Track.- On Tangential Friction Induced Vibrations in Brake Systems.- Dry Friction Element With Logical Switch for Numerical Simulation of Vehicle Dynamics and Its Application.- Damper modelling and its implementation in railway simulation program.- Suppression of Bumpstop Instabilities in a Quarter-Car Model.- Experimental Modal Analysis of Towed Elastic Tyres During Rolling.- Modelling and Simulation of Longitudinal Tyre Behaviour.- 2: Dynamics of Non-smooth Problems.- Bifurcations in Non-smooth Models of Mechanical Systems.- Vibrational Displacement Determined by Constructive and Force Asymmetry of System.- Smoothing Dry Friction by Medium Frequency Dither and Its Influence on Ride Dynamics of Freight Wagons.- Simulation of Gear Hammering With a Fully Elastic Model.- 3: Numerical Analysis of Non-smooth Problems.- Discontinuities in ODEs: Systems with Change of State.- Towards Improved Error Estimates for Higher Order Time Integration of ODEs with Non-Smooth Right Hand Side.- Sensitivity Analysis of Discontinuous Multidisciplinary Models: Two Examples.- Smoothing discontinuities in the Jacobian Matrix by Global Derivatives.

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